Describe How do your senses help you respond to different stimuli you encounter in your environment?

Q: What are the similarities in how receptive fields are represented by the nervous system?  What…

A: In this particular question we have to describe about receptive field and how these are related with…

Q: What cortex is involved in smell and memory?

A: Olfactory Cortex is involved in smell.

Q: Describe the receptors for taste and smell.

A: Step 1 The sensory system is a component of the nervous system which is specialized to pick up…

Q: Explain how you see and track the pathway of light from the cornea to the occipital lobe of the…

A: Anatomy and physiology are the branches of biology, anatomy deals with the study of the structure of…

Q: Compare and contrast the senses of taste and smell.

A: The nervous system transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body, including internal…

Q: How do your senses help you respond to different stimuli you encounter in your environment?

A: A sensory receptor, also known as a sense organ, is an organ that responds to stimuli in an…

Q: Explain how receptors trigger sensory information?

A: Stimuli from the different sources are detected by the receptor which is converted into electrical…

Q: Describe how taste and smell works.

A: Smell and taste are known as the chemical senses as their receptors are sensitive to the food…

Q: Explain how receptors trigger sensory impulses.

A: Sensory receptors are the cell or structures present in sensory organs such as the eyes, nose, ears,…

Q: Describe the relationship between sensation and perception

A: Sense organs are specialized organs that allow the human body to perceive sight, smell, sound,…

Q: What are the chemical senses? Explain in steps the process of tasting  and the process of smelling

A: The chemical sensory systems are mostly associated with the nose and mouth. The senses work…

Q: Explain the difference between the chemical senses

A: Humans have five basic senses. These are touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. These senses are…

Q: How does the brain perceive the intensity of a stimulus?The type of stimulus?

A: Sensory process in animals is quite complex as it involves multiple steps beginning with reception,…

Q: Name and define the three routes of the visual system? Give an example of how each works.

A: The Eye (Sensory organ) and Central Nervous System (CNS) parts (retina, photoreceptor cells, visual…

Q: Through which mechanism do we perceive low-frequency sounds (up to about 100 Hz)?

A: the mechanism do we perceive low-frequency sounds (up to about 100 Hz):

Q: Which sensory receptors permit you to perform actions such as finding your way into bed in the dark?

A: Sensory receptors detect the changes that occur in the body as well as in the exterior environment.…

Q: Name the five types of special senses present in the human body.

A: Special senses are the senses that have specialized organs devoted to them. The distinction between…

Q: Which ability would be most impaired with damage to the vestibular senses? discriminating salt from…

A: The vestibular system is made up of components of the inner ear and the brain Vestibular diseases…

Q: Describe the differences between special & general senses

A: Sense is a feeling our body feels when external stimuli hits our body and our body responses. The…

Q: Describe the roles played by the vestibular organ and the kinesthetic receptors in providing…

A: The sensory mechanism is a essential part of the well being of an individual.  The five senses…

Q: Despite the presence of the blind spot, you do not consciously experience a “hole” in your vision.…

A: The blind spot is where the blood vessels and optic nerve leaves the eyeball. The optic nerve and…

Q: Explain the relationship between the chemical senses

A: Senses can be of two types - chemical and non-chemical. Chemical senses account for the taste and…

Q: Describe the process of retinal transduction. How are visual cues perceived at the cellular level?

A: Retina refers to the tissue layer present at the back of the inside of the eye. It contains rod…

Q: If all neurons transmit the same type of message, how do you know the difference between sound and…

A: “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub parts for…

Q: Describe how receptor adaptation works.

A: Adaptation is the condition in which species feels fitted according to the environmental condition…

Q: Distinguish between the senses of static and dynamic equilibrium.

A: The equilibrium in the body is maintained by receptors in the saccule and utricle inside the head.…

Q: The suprachiasmatic nucleus receives direct input from the retina and enables light dark circles to…

A: The retinal ganglion cell (RGC) is a type of neuron that is located near the inner surface (the…

Q: Which lobe of human brain is associated with hearing?

A: The human brain is the central organ of the nervous system. Along with the spinal cord it makes up…

Q: Differentiate the major classes of general senses.

A: The human body consists of 2 types of senses that include: special senses general senses Special…

Q: What distinguishes the human visual system's temporal characteristics from its optical…

A: Introduction Vision is one of the five senses in human beings. Photoreceptors are responsible for…

Q: How do you perceive the colour of an object?

A: A photoreceptor cell is a specialized type of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina of the eye…

Q: Explain how the sense of taste works.

A: The utilisation of sense organs like as taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell to observe or sense…

Q: Name and define the stages of processing for our special senses.

A: There are three stages of special sensory processing. 1. Perception:- It is defined as activation of…

Q: How is our sense of smell linked with the sense of taste?

A: The sense of smell and taste are very important as they elicit the response for food odor and deadly…

Q: What is meant by Auditory Communication ?

A: Communication is one of the important aspects of the life of organisms. It can be of different types…

Q: In humans, what happens to visual information from the left visual field?A. It reaches the right…

A: Answer is option B Human brain functions in such a way that right half of brain controlls left part…

Q: how is taste and smell senses linked together

A: The senses of smell and taste combine at the back of the throat. When something is tasted before…

Q: Explain why individuals are often so insensitive to their own body and breath odor. How does sensory…

A: The sensory organs are the specialized organs that comprise sensory neurons. These neurons help to…

Q: Explain the physiology of a normal sensory experience including a stimulus, different types of…

A: The sensation is the process by which our brains receive information through our five senses, which…

Q: shortly say how is hearing similar to the sense of balance (both static and dynamic)?

A: Sense organs are essential for animals to get signals from their environment and modify their…

Q: In what way does the overall magnitude of a stimulus affect the just-noticeable difference in the…

A: Introduction: The duration of the impulse varies depending on the degree of the stimulation. Sensory…

Q: Where are the general senses located? nose skin tongue eyes

A: There are generally two types of sense organs found in human beings and they are the General sense…

Q: Many people believe that blind people have supernatural hearing. How would brain plasticity explain…

A: Sensory deprivation is connected with substantial crossmodal neuroplastic alterations in the brain,…

Anatomy and Physiology of Special Sensory Organs

Sensory organs can be labeled as special sensory structures that permit sight, hearing, odor, and flavor. Sensory structures permitting proprioception, touch, thermal, and pain perception can be classified as more advanced sensory organs. The sensory neurons are trained to find out modifications in the external and internal conditions so that a person's body can react to that change. A stimulus is the first signal that is recognized by any sensory receptor of the body. Stimulus is an impulse generated when there is a change in the surroundings of a person. For example, a heated environment will alert the brain through the thermal sensory organs and generate a reflex accordingly.

Sensory Receptors

The human sensory system is one of the most complex and highly evolved structures, which processes a myriad of incoming messages. This well-coordinated system helps an organism or individual to respond to external stimuli, appropriately. The sensory receptors are an important part of the sensory system. These receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to external environmental stimuli. These receptors consist of structural and support cells that form the peripheral unit of the receptor and the neural dendrites which receive and detect the external stimuli.